Quest For The Golden Hare Churchill, Victoria, Australia
By
Bennybobby on 07-Jan-19. Waypoint GC826Y3
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Logs
Darn it, the area has had some work done and now the container's missing. I'm putting this on standby until I can sort this out. Sorry if you'd been looking without success. Thanks to all who found it ??
Okay, updated the logbook to something not damp and mouldering, and left something new - my first travel bug! Hopefully someone can set it off on a wild journey. Oh, and it looks like the big spider is baa-ack...
After reviewing the recent notes of finders of my cache, I've finally bit the bullet and replaced the container. So much for my Aussie Disposals find - not only was it impossible to open, but it didn't even keep the water (or the earwigs) out! YUCK. I misplaced my replacement logbook, so will sort that one out on the next visit. Apologies to all who struggled with the metal one, and happy hunting!
Great riddle! Wasn‘t sure how to solve it at first but once you find the right starting point it‘s fun!!!
TFTC
TFTC
A nice little puzzle for someone like me. Cache was full of insects and the log is damp but apart from that all is good. It's a beautiful spot I must say. I didn't actually realise this was park to. Nice day for no 4000. Tftc
We are enjoying a long awaited caching weekend away. Our research suggest there were some pretty good caches down this way. Today the plan was to hit up Churchill. This is the first puzzle geoD has done of his own bat, so we made it a priority to find. Geopup loved the stroll. Cache found quickly but entering the container was another matter, with lots of persuasion we finally got to sign a log. Tftc
We saw the rascally rabbits, and they pointed a paw in the right direction. Left a path tag for the next lucky bunny!
We had solved this puzzle quite some time ago and had not had the caching time to head put for the find.
Today J1 got the pick of activity for Mother's Day and it was the 1st day in a while we had for caching.
So we parked and strolled to the location to find a great size cache.
TFTP
CJJAHC
Today J1 got the pick of activity for Mother's Day and it was the 1st day in a while we had for caching.
So we parked and strolled to the location to find a great size cache.
TFTP
CJJAHC
On our way to go I completely forgot to mention that spider. Aaaaaargh! Anyway, we found the cache. Great puzzle which we solved by the lakeside. TFTchallenge.
Great cache and lovely walk thru the gardens. The spider was still on it so the cache was dropped in a spilt second. Although the cache is no longer tethered. Tftc
I gave this cache a little bit of work today, as we'd had a big windstorm last week and wondered if it was still in place. It was, but I've added a tether just in case, as suggested by another cache hunter. Not sure if it's needed - Or indeed useful - but let's see how we go. Oh, and the spider is still hiding on the bottom, so be careful!
This cache has been on our wish list since solving the puzzle. With extreme heat and fires recently we decided to delay last weekend’s caching trip. With our milestone only one cache away we were keen to find a quiet spot with some quality caching. Thank you so much for this cache and puzzle. Find no 4999.
Thanks for the cache
*Found with [Geooh Live](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobiltal.geoohLive)*
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YAY - 
found it today along with a group of fellow cachers who were all attending the Latrobe Valley Event at the other end of the Lake Hyland.
Thank you Bennybobby for setting up this cache and maintaining it. I solved the puzzle a couple of days ago in anticipation of searching for it today at the Event. Our search party kind of grew as we left the Event GZ and we did stop once or twice to uncover a couple of SKI Pair's Winston Wander caches. Once at GZ for The Golden Hare we certainly had fun passing the log from cacher to cacher to sign. AND the cache container is a wonderful size - no pesky nano to uncover Thanks again Bennybobby. Great meeting you today.
found it today along with a group of fellow cachers who were all attending the Latrobe Valley Event at the other end of the Lake Hyland. Thank you Bennybobby for setting up this cache and maintaining it. I solved the puzzle a couple of days ago in anticipation of searching for it today at the Event. Our search party kind of grew as we left the Event GZ and we did stop once or twice to uncover a couple of SKI Pair's Winston Wander caches. Once at GZ for The Golden Hare we certainly had fun passing the log from cacher to cacher to sign. AND the cache container is a wonderful size - no pesky nano to uncover
Thanks again Bennybobby. Great meeting you today.I joint find today whilst attending event.
[Scrat visited your Cache whilst on his Great Aussie Adventure.](https://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=4376822)
TFTC Bennybobby
[Scrat visited your Cache whilst on his Great Aussie Adventure.](https://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=4376822)
TFTC Bennybobby
Having solved the puzzle it was good fun being involved in a group assault to find the container.
Thanks for the hide,
Regards The Coffee's
Thanks for the hide,
Regards The Coffee's
Did this one in a big group during the latrobe event thanks for the cache Bennybobby
With Zedaycee and Angelique Anja.
With Zedaycee and Angelique Anja.
Solved soon after it was published.
Fredd01 said she want to find it today.
By the time we got ready, we turned into a group of cachers.
Out caching with a group from the event.
Thank you for the hide Bennybobby.
Fredd01 said she want to find it today.
By the time we got ready, we turned into a group of cachers.
Out caching with a group from the event.
Thank you for the hide Bennybobby.
I had headed to the LV event today and this one was on my to do list. I sat down an solved the cool little puzzle last night. Seems the cache is staring his home with quite a big spider and her offspring. Didnt mind though.
TFTC
TFTC
Solved over breakfast this morning. 
Found during the First Annual Latrobe Valley Geocaching Event.
Nice chatting with you too Bennybobby.
A unique container indeed, certainly have never found one like this before. [^]
Found during the First Annual Latrobe Valley Geocaching Event.
Nice chatting with you too Bennybobby.
A unique container indeed, certainly have never found one like this before. [^]
During the event today we went for a nice walk and logged this cache. Such a lovely area and great to see more caches here. Tyftc
Found by Mary and David, with Mrs Crackers and Mrs Coffee, at 1243. Continued our walk from the previous find to this one. A good puzzle for the engineer. A quick find with the Event group once at GZ. Our thanks to Bennybobby.
We headed off as a group from the nearby meet to get a few caches! Thanks for the cache!
Caching while attending the event in Churchill. Found with a bunch of other cachers. TFTC Bennybobby
Arrived early to the event so I headed to this one with Teammoss5, We run around Warragul doing pokemon raids together but I think this was our first cache hunt together. Am sure we took the long way here as we had a creek to cross, that only added to the Adventure, once I took care of of the spider infestation the log was soon found. Thanks for the cache and thanks to jess for coming along.
Well when the geokids nag to go find a treasure while you're attending the nearby event, I certainly don't argue! So off for a wander we went and happily collected a companion for the journey in n0w0rries who patiently tolerated the detours proposed by the kids! A lovely straight forward find with fairly accurate coordinates. Feel privileged to have seen the actual golden rabbit in Mummy Short Legs' possession after her FTF too. Thanks for the puzzle and the cache!
Nearly fell behind on logging my finds for today. Arrive a tab bit early for the event today so myself and rebal acts headed off to sign a few we had yet to do.
Upon spotting the cache we had a lovely and rather large eolf huntsman attached to the bottom with its 1000s of babies while i jumped around like an idiot eric just flicked them all away. He became my hero lol i do not do spiders perfect time of the day for a find just before it heated up tftc
Upon spotting the cache we had a lovely and rather large eolf huntsman attached to the bottom with its 1000s of babies while i jumped around like an idiot eric just flicked them all away. He became my hero lol i do not do spiders perfect time of the day for a find just before it heated up tftc
Its time to catch up on a few logs we have omitted to do. This is one of them.
We had Ian and Penny joins us for a few days so took the opportunity to head out with them and do a maintenance run on our Winston Wander series while they actually completed it. Needless to say, such experienced cachers found our hides pretty straightforward to find even though we thought some of them were tricky!
It was on one of these runs that we searched for this.
We had managed to solve the puzzle soon after it came out, but hadn't made the time to actually go and look for it. Sadly while we are home we are actually quite busy!
We greatly appreciated the puzzle and both worked together on it. Being both mathematically minded it suited us quite well, even though we are not great puzzle solvers!
With good coordinates, we were soon at GZ and made a nice find.
Our closest puzzle to home.
Thank you Bennybobby for a good puzzle and cache.
We had Ian and Penny joins us for a few days so took the opportunity to head out with them and do a maintenance run on our Winston Wander series while they actually completed it. Needless to say, such experienced cachers found our hides pretty straightforward to find even though we thought some of them were tricky!
It was on one of these runs that we searched for this.
We had managed to solve the puzzle soon after it came out, but hadn't made the time to actually go and look for it. Sadly while we are home we are actually quite busy!
We greatly appreciated the puzzle and both worked together on it. Being both mathematically minded it suited us quite well, even though we are not great puzzle solvers!
With good coordinates, we were soon at GZ and made a nice find.
Our closest puzzle to home.
Thank you Bennybobby for a good puzzle and cache.
Hi there Bennybobby.
Today we were very fortunate to have Ski Pair chauffer us around the area as they did a maintenance run on some of their caches. Our initial plan was to walk around Lake Hyland before the weather got too hot but then, as the weather wasn't too hot, we also managed to find quite a few others while Ski Pair looked on (without giving any hints).
We are quite impressed with the quality of the caches we found today, a lot of thought and effort has gone into their location, size and placement.
All up we found 16 caches & DNF'd 0 in this cache run. Thanks for placing this cache here, without geocaching as our guide we would never have found so many interesting places while we meander our way around Australia.
**Coordinate Accuracy:** We found the cache around 2m from where the GPS said we should be looking.
**Cache Condition:** The container and log book are in good shape.
**Took:** Nothing
**Left:** Gold Coin.
Regards
Ian & Penny.
Today we were very fortunate to have Ski Pair chauffer us around the area as they did a maintenance run on some of their caches. Our initial plan was to walk around Lake Hyland before the weather got too hot but then, as the weather wasn't too hot, we also managed to find quite a few others while Ski Pair looked on (without giving any hints).
We are quite impressed with the quality of the caches we found today, a lot of thought and effort has gone into their location, size and placement.
All up we found 16 caches & DNF'd 0 in this cache run. Thanks for placing this cache here, without geocaching as our guide we would never have found so many interesting places while we meander our way around Australia.
**Coordinate Accuracy:** We found the cache around 2m from where the GPS said we should be looking.
**Cache Condition:** The container and log book are in good shape.
**Took:** Nothing
**Left:** Gold Coin.
Regards
Ian & Penny.
Coordinates changed from:
S 38° 18.340 E 146° 25.536
Coordinates changed to:
S 38° 18.360 E 146° 25.536
Distance from original: 121.6 feet or 37.1 meters.
I've relocated the posted coordinates slightly. There is a cache physically located at the same site, but is overlapped on the Geocaching map by my starting point; the result is that mine overlapped the other one making it hard to see. No biggie, just wanted to try and make it easier for the players to find both.
S 38° 18.340 E 146° 25.536
Coordinates changed to:
S 38° 18.360 E 146° 25.536
Distance from original: 121.6 feet or 37.1 meters.
I've relocated the posted coordinates slightly. There is a cache physically located at the same site, but is overlapped on the Geocaching map by my starting point; the result is that mine overlapped the other one making it hard to see. No biggie, just wanted to try and make it easier for the players to find both.
Worked out the co-ords easily but just can't get there today bummer. Good luck to the FTF
Once upon a time, I had just finished working from home, learning all about anxiety disorders, when a story about a bunch of nervous rabbits popped into my email inbox. It turned out that the rabbits had a puzzle for me to work on; a logic puzzle which has always been my favourite. I conquered the puzzle and had to wait for the opportune moment to venture out on the quest. My progress was delayed by a police officer wanting a breath test (and who made me jealous because she gets to drive a Passat wagon where all I have is a Golf and a Jetta - I pointed this out, she was clueless about cars and probably thinks I'm drunk). I entered a familiar location but ended up taking a completely different path; one I didn't know existed and isn't on any maps. It took me straight to the rabbits. I counted six about 40 metres from the puzzle solution who dashed away as I approached. I arrived, looked around and spotted it. What a wonderful surprise; a golden hare! And a *FTF* too! TFTC Bennybobby - a favourite point for a fun puzzle, a dash and for taking me to a new location with a lovely view.
P.S. My partner was named Peter Abbott for his first 24 hours (say it out loud and think Beatrix) before someone informed his parents that he would likely be picked on for that one. Apparently he innately wanted to be a bunny; I still get to pick on him as he is now a Dr. Abbott.
P.S. My partner was named Peter Abbott for his first 24 hours (say it out loud and think Beatrix) before someone informed his parents that he would likely be picked on for that one. Apparently he innately wanted to be a bunny; I still get to pick on him as he is now a Dr. Abbott.
